Sep 12, 2026
“A game is a series of interesting decisions.” — Sid Meier | Quote of the Day
Sid Meier, the legendary creator of Civilization, whose Wikipedia page surged more than forty-fold in a single day this week as the series celebrated its 35th anniversary and Firaxis unveiled Earthrise, Civilization VII’s first expansion, at PAX West — on the one-sentence definition of game design he first delivered at a 1989 conference and has spent four decades defending: a game is a series of interesting decisions.